Re: [HOE] Cheap trick to avoid telling posse AV's

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> I don't see why there was spoiler space, but ...

Mainly because it was trick meant for marshals only, so I figured spoiler
space was a good safety net.

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> > For heavy armor: For each AV of 1 increase the thing's size
> > by 1/2 its original size for the purposes of taking wounds.
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> That's not to bad an approximation *if* the damage dice started as
> d20.  If they were less, this cuts down the damage way too fast.
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> Look at the stats.  

Dude! The game ain't worth that much math! :)

> Here's a table (rounded to the nearest 0.1):
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>  N       4       6       8      10      12      20
>  A      3.3     4.2     5.3     6.1     7.1    11.1
>  S      2.8     3.3     3.8     4.4     4.9     7.2
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> So approximating the effect of AV1 on d20-class damage by multiplying
> by 2/3 (equivalent to using a target "size" 50% greater) is pretty
> darned close.  But for greater AV it is not so good.  For smaller
> initial dice, the approximation is quite poor.

It's just a game, as long as things are CLOSE it should be good enough.
Most marshals probably don't worry too much about telling players their
enemies AVs. For the rest a close approx. is probably good enough. You can
always adjust the size up or down a little to get it just right. Make it
[size + (1/2 size * AV) -1]. The point is that the rules for damage and
size can be used to simulate armor without having to give info away to the
players.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab, Safety Warden (Bldg. 85)


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